The GP Patient Survey is an independent survey run by Ipsos MORI on behalf of NHS England. The survey is sent out to over two million people across the UK. The results show how people feel about their GP practice.
The results for the Caversham Group Practice is shown here.
In our ongoing pursuit of improving the care and service we provide to patients, the Caversham realises that the people who look after the patients also require looking after.
With this in mind, both Dr Jane Myat and Dr Caroline Dickinson will be taking some time away from the practice to recharge and refresh their batteries with sabbatical leave.
Dr Myat will be away from July 17th 2019 until November 2019 and Dr Dickinson will be away from July 27th 2019 until November 2019.
If you are a patient of Dr Myat, your GP will be Dr Zara Jealous.
If you are a patient of Dr Dickinson, your GP will be Dr Anoushka Seegobin.
The Care Quality Commission is the independent regulator of health and social care in England. They make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate and high-quality care.
They do this by monitoring, inspecting and rating services.
An inspection was carried out on the 10th January and a report was published on the 28th February. The Out of Hours Services at this practice was rated as Good.
Download the full report below.
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The Listening Space
Brief Overview of the Garden Project at The Caversham Group Practice for the PPG
PPG – Where To Next
The Caversham PPG discussed its future activities on 10th January 2017.
We are opening our revamped garden space to patients over the next few months and would appreciate your ideas on how you think we could use the space to benefit you; the patients, the most.
If you have any suggestions on usage of the Garden Space or would like to volunteer to help support the gardening group please leave your details in the Suggestion Box at the Practice.
Dr Ruth Gailer will be returning to Practice on 17th July 2017
PLEASE NOTE; We no longer offer walk-in baby immunizations on the Thursday afternoon baby clinic. An appointment now needs to be booked for this.
Dear Friends,
A warm welcome to the Caversham Patients Participation Group meeting on 10th May. The Group’s aim is: To foster effective communication between the practice and the registered patients, and to promote patient engagement in the development of the practice. All registered patients at the Caversham are welcome to join the Group and to contribute to its work. We are particularly keen to encourage participation by younger people and from the many ethnic minorities among patients.
Agenda will follow shortly.
Yours faithfully,
Caversham Group Practice
For more information relating to the Junior Doctors Strike, please visit http://doctors.strikingly.com/
We are closed on the following dates over the festive period. While we are closed, if you have any urgent enquiries please call NHS 111
NHS 111 Service
111 is the NHS non-emergency number. It’s fast, easy and free. Call 111 and speak to a highly trained advisor, supported by healthcare professionals. They will ask you a series of questions to assess your symptoms and immediately direct you to the best medical care for you.
NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Calls are free from landlines and mobile phones.
We are closed on:
Additionally, our Baby Clinic service will not run on the following days:
Our in-practice Health Vistor service will also not run between Monday 21st December to New Years Day, 1st January as the health visiting staff will be centralised across Camden during the festive period. This means that you can still access Health Visitor advice and support by telephone or at one of their Child Health Clinics on the following dates:
Hunter Street
Gospel Oak Health Centre
Belsize Prioriy Health Centre
The battle for a safe and fair contract is ongoing.
The strikes have been postponed until further review on Jan 13th 2016.
To find more information relating to the junior doctors strike, please visit doctors.strikingly.com
If you are an eligible patient, please get in touch with the practice to book now
What is Flu?
Flu (also known as influenza) is a highly infectious illness caused by the flu virus. It spreads rapidly through small droplets coughed or sneezed into the air by an infected person. For most people, flu is unpleasant but not serious. You will usually recover within a week. Studies have shown that flu vaccines provide effective protection againthe flu, although protection may not be complete and may vary between people. Protection from the vaccine gradually decreases as flu strains change over time. Therefore, new vaccines are made each year and people at risk of flu are encouraged to be vaccinated every year.
The influenza vaccination is offered to people in at-risk groups. These people are at greater risk of developing serious complications if they catch flu, such as pregnant women and elderly people. The flu immunisation can be given at the same time as other immunisations; it is often given at the same time as the pneumonia immunisation. It is also safe to be given if you are either pregnant or breast-feeding.
Who should be immunised against the seasonal flu virus?
In addition to the main at-risk groups of people listed above, you should be immunised if you have been diagnosed with any of the below long term health conditions:
Welcome to the first edition of the PPG newsletter.
I have lived in Camden, and on the borders of Camden, for most of the past forty years. Last year I became a member of Caversham Patient Participation Group (PPG), and was also elected to represent the PPG on the Camden Patient and Public Engagement Group (CPPEG). Over the past year I’ve learned a lot about why we get involved and give feedback about our care; the data available to help us understand patient experience; and Camden organisations and services.
PPGs are an important partner for CPPEG as we all make our contributions to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Camden. For me, being part of my PPG helps me better understanding the concerns, priorities and contributions of the patients who attend my general practice.
I am looking forward to meeting representatives from all the PPGs at the CPPEG/ PPG summit on the 12th October and reading your feedback to the on-line survey before the event. It will be an important opportunity to explore ways we can work together, as well as alongside the many other people and organisations in Camden making a contribution.
I am looking forward to meeting representatives from all the PPGs at the CPPEG/ PPG summit on the 12th October and reading your feedback to the on-line survey before the event. It will be an important opportunity to explore ways we can work together, as well as alongside the many other people and organisations in Camden
making a contribution.
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Dear all, Please find below the attached minutes to the latest PPG meeting dated 28/04/2015.
Minutes of PPG Meeting 23rd July 2015
Not a member?
All caversham patients are welcome to join our Patient Participation Group. The groups aim is to foster effective communication between the practice and the registered patients, and to promote patient engagement in the development of the practice. If you would like to join the PPG to attend futre meetings or if you would just like to hear updates via email please visit this page.
Dear all, Please find below the attached minutes to the latest PPG meeting dated 28/04/2015.
Minutes of PPG Meeting 28th April 2015
Not a member?
All caversham patients are welcome to join our Patient Participation Group. The groups aim is to foster effective communication between the practice and the registered patients, and to promote patient engagement in the development of the practice. If you would like to join the PPG to attend futre meetings or if you would just like to hear updates via email please visit this page.
As requested by patients we wanted to make the online repeat prescriptions ordering process simpler, less time consuming and more informative.
We are pleased to release the option where you can order your repeat prescription using Patient Access. To re order your prescription using this service just log in, click ‘re order repeat prescription’ and tick the medications that you would like to re order.
You can also click the 
button next to each of your medications to access medication/ condition leaflets from www.patient.co.uk written by GPs for patients.
You can also check the status of your prescription request from the home page to see if it is still pending, accepted or rejected. We aim to complete and make available all prescription requests within 2 working days of request.
For patients already signed up to Patient Access you don’t need to do anything more to use this; it’s now available when you log in.
To find out more, including how to sign up for patient access please visit this page
Dear all, Please find below the attached minutes to the latest PPG meeting dated 03/06/2014.
Minutes of PPG Meeting 21st October 2014
Not a member?
All caversham patients are welcome to join our Patient Participation Group. The groups aim is to foster effective communication between the practice and the registered patients, and to promote patient engagement in the development of the practice. If you would like to join the PPG to attend futre meetings or if you would just like to hear updates via email please visit this page.
NHS England have directed practices to offer to patients access to the following online services to enhanced the IT-related aspects to providing health and care in both Primary and Secondary care settings. We are going to implement these changes by 31 March 2015.
This includes introducing the Summary Care Record and Patient Access to grant access to viewing certain details of their medical record securely online.
Please see this document for more information:
Dear all, Please find below the attached minutes to the latest PPG meeting dated 03/06/2014.
Minutes of PPG Meeting 3 June 2014
All caversham patients are welcome to join our Patient Participation Group. The groups aim is to foster effective communication between the practice and the registered patients, and to promote patient engagement in the development of the practice. If you would like to join the PPG to attend futre meetings or if you would just like to hear updates via email please visit this page.
We are aware that we have had a very restricted availability of routine appointments recently. This has been due to a combination of staff sickness, annual leave and unexpectedly heavy demand. We know this is a problem and are seeking address this problem in a number of different ways.
Where possible the GPs are offering additional appointments and cancelling all but the most important commitments outside the practice. We are also attempting to recruit some short term locums to help with the current shortage of appointments. We continue to offer same day access for urgent problems. Please bear with us during a difficult period for the practice.
The Caversham Group Practice Partners.
Please see this video from the British Medical Association, who are running a national campaign about the workload in General Practice:
We have just launched Patient Access, which is an electronic system that allows you to book appointments over the web 24/7 without the need to call the surgery within opening hours.
You can either register online and start booking appointments straight away or alternatively you can come in to the surgery to collect a letter which will guide you through the registration process and provide you with all the details you need to get started.
In the future we will add more features to this which may include viewing your medical records online and ordering repeat prescriptions, though this is not quite ready.
Click Here – To visit our dedicated page to Patient Access
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We have installed solar panels at the Caversham Group Practice as part of our Community Share Scheme. Solar Panels are the most common forms of renewable energy and they work by converting the energy from the sun into electricity.
The link here shows how much electricity we have generated since it was installed. The electricity is fed into our system helping us to reduce cost to aid patient care.
Caversham Group Practice along with Patient Participation Group (PPG) would like to do a patient survey to get feedback from patients.
Please see the details of our last PPG meeting and also an update on our Listening Space garden located here.
We would be grateful if you can take few minutes to complete the survey via survey monkey link https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/FH2MGZF.
The deadline to send in your responses is 31st May 2018.
The results of the survey will be discussed in our next PPG meeting on 19th June 2-4pm.
The Caversham Group Practice is proud to announce we are now
accredited London Living Wage Employers
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